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A loyalist bonfire in Moygashel, Northern Ireland, features a replica mosque and signs with anti-immigration messages ahead of the annual Orange Order celebrations. The footage shows the structure placed on top of the fire, alongside messages reading ‘Secure our borders’ and ‘End the threat of radical Islam’. The installation has drawn criticism, as similar controversial symbols appeared at the same site in previous years. Bonfires are traditionally lit across Northern Ireland ahead of Orange Order parades on 12 July, marking the anniversary of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, when Protestant forces defeated the Catholic King James II. The events…
A robot wearing Mark Zuckerberg’s face winks at the crowd. Seconds later, it shifts into the image of Barack Obama. This is one of the many displays filling a convention centre in Geneva, where more than 12,000 participants from 170 countries have gathered for this year’s AI for Good summit. Launched in 2017, the summit set a new visitor record this year, reflecting the growing urgency around artificial intelligence (AI) as governments and industries try to keep pace with a technology moving faster than many regulatory systems can respond. The summit is taking place as Geneva hosts a wider United…
In the latest headache for legislators, lawmakers on Thursday added an amendment to the controversial piece of legislation that would exempt end-to-end encrypted services like WhatsApp and Signal from the scanning rules. In the end, both camps came out disappointed. German lawmaker Lena Düpont, the center-right group’s home affairs spokesperson, said the group wanted a “clear cut” return of the law with no amendments. “We’re not satisfied with the results of today,” she said. Irena Joveva, a Slovenian liberal lawmaker who voted against the scanning regime as a whole and was behind one of the successful amendments, said “I remain…
By Morten Wierod, Tom Erixon, Kim Fausing, Dominique Bossan, Jes Munk Hansen, Benoit Bazin, Olivier Blum, As Tempelman, Johnny Sjöström, Lars Petersson Published on 09/07/2026 – 15:13 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Europe is living through a period of compounding shocks. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposed how deeply Europe’s security and economy depend on imported energy. The conflicts in the Middle East have reinforced that lesson. Each crisis has triggered emergency fixes and short-term workarounds. Europe has managed. Managing is not succeeding,…
Updated: 09/07/2026 – 17:47 GMT+2 Images shared by the Lithuanian Presidency show a revolver given by Turkey’s Erdogan to every NATO leader as a parting gift after the summit in Ankara. Each leader received a box containing a revolver engraved with their name, six bullets and a note exempting the weapons from export control. … More
And they are right. Ankara, in many ways, was a lost opportunity. The grandly named “Ankara Summit Declaration” is a one-page, six-paragraph boilerplate statement that isn’t worth the paper it was written on. And while reports from inside the three-hour leaders’ meeting suggested Trump was genial and even praised allies for increasing their defense spending, he unleashed a fusillade of invectives against those very same countries as soon as the cameras were on. He scolded Britain, France, Germany and Belgium for not helping during the war in Iran. He called Spaniards “hopeless, bad people,” ordering an immediate halt to all…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 15:53 GMT+2 The United States has approved the sale of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, despite previous doubts over a planned deployment. “On the sidelines of the NATO meeting in Ankara, we agreed with the American government that American Tomahawk missiles will be purchased by us and stationed in Germany,” Merz told MPs in a statement to parliament. The move will “close an important strategic gap in our defences,” he said. “At the same time we will work on developing our own European systems and stationing them in Europe.”…
Published on 09/07/2026 – 16:39 GMT+2 A fire that tore through a shoe factory in eastern China on Thursday killed at least 28 people, state media said, after dozens of fire and rescue personnel raced to extinguish the blaze. Hours after the fire broke out at the Huiteng Shoes factory around noon, there were fears people were still trapped inside the building in Jinjiang city, Fujian province. President Xi Jinping said the fire resulted in “heavy human losses,” with state news agency Xinhua later citing a preliminary toll of 28 dead. “The cause of the accident should be identified as…
The Science, Innovation and Technology committee last month also called on the government to ditch the company from the public sector amid concerns about vendor lock-in. A Palantir spokesperson said: “Palantir software is helping to deliver better patient care – including 110,000 additional operations to date, a 15% reduction in discharge delays and a 6.8% increase in patients finding out whether they need cancer treatment within 28 days. “The software is also helping to deliver a Government programme that is one of only 30 out of 213 that has a green delivery rating, forecast to deliver a £5 return for…
Italy ordered the expulsion of two Russian military attaches accused of spying on Thursday, with its foreign minister condemning “serious and unacceptable acts of interference” by Moscow. The expulsions came two days after police announced the arrest of two former Italian intelligence agents who media reports said gave Russia secrets on military aid to Ukraine. “The Italian government has decided to expel two military attaches from the embassy of the Russian Federation in Italy, involved in espionage activities uncovered by the Rome public prosecutor’s office,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote in a post on X. The minister named the Russians…